West Virginia 2018 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 439 — Exempting motor vehicles engaged in nonemergency transportation of Medicaid members from PSC requirements

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House of Delegates
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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What changed in the latest version

29 added · 25 removed

Plain-language change summary

The latest version of SB 439 has replaced the requirement for certain vehicles to obtain permits with a focus on safety regulations for those vehicles and their operators. This change means that while these vehicles will no longer need permits, they must still adhere to safety rules set by the commission. This matters because it simplifies the process for businesses using such vehicles while ensuring that safety remains a priority, helping to protect workers and the public.

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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Introduced Senate Bill 439 By Senators Plymale, Boso, and Jeffries [Introduced January 31, 2018;
Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 439 By Senators Plymale, Boso, and Jeffries [Originating in the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure;
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure;
Reported on February 14, 2018]     A BILL to amend and reenact §24A-1-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to exempting vehicles engaged in nonemergency transportation of Medicaid members by centers for independent living from certain statutory requirements.
and then to the Committee on Government Organization] A BILL to amend and reenact §24A-1-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to exempting vehicles engaged in nonemergency transportation of Medicaid members by centers for independent living from permit requirements.
(2) Motor vehicles owned and operated by the United States of America, the State of West Virginia or any county, municipality or county board of education, urban mass transportation authority established and maintained pursuant to §8-27-1 et seq.
(2) Motor vehicles owned and operated by the United States of America, the State of West Virginia or any county, municipality, or county board of education, urban mass transportation authority established and maintained pursuant to §8-27-1 et seq.
(3) Motor vehicles used exclusively in the transportation of agricultural or horticultural products, livestock, poultry and dairy products from the farm or orchard on which they are raised or produced to markets, processing plants, packing houses, canneries, railway shipping points and cold storage plants, and in the transportation of agricultural or horticultural supplies to farms or orchards where they are to be used:
(3) Motor vehicles used exclusively in the transportation of agricultural or horticultural products, livestock, poultry, and dairy products from the farm or orchard on which they are raised or produced to markets, processing plants, packing houses, canneries, railway shipping points, and cold storage plants, and in the transportation of agricultural or horticultural supplies to farms or orchards where they are to be used:
(9) Motor vehicles owned, leased by or leased to any person and used exclusively for the transportation of processed source-separated recycled materials generated by commercial, institutional and industrial customers, transported free of charge or by a nonprofit recycling cooperative association in accordance with §19-4-1(d)(1) of this code from the customers to a facility for further processing:
(9) Motor vehicles owned, leased by, or leased to any person and used exclusively for the transportation of processed source-separated recycled materials generated by commercial, institutional and industrial customers, transported free of charge or by a nonprofit recycling cooperative association in accordance with §19-4-1(d)(1) §19-4-1(d) of this code from the customers to a facility for further processing:
Provided, That these vehicles and their operators shall be subject to the safety rules promulgated by the commission;
Provided, That these vehicles and their operators shall be subject to the safety and insurance rules promulgated by the commission;
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Action History

  1. To Government Organization

  2. Committee substitute reported, but first to Government Organization

  3. To Transportation and Infrastructure

  4. Introduced in Senate

  5. To Transportation and Infrastructure then Government Organization

  6. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

  • Boso · Cosponsor
  • Plymale · Primary
  • Jeffries · Cosponsor

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Plymale

Co-sponsors (2)

  • Boso
  • Jeffries

Not signed on (149)

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Who sponsors SB 439?
SB 439 is sponsored by Boso, Plymale, and Jeffries.
What is the current status of SB 439?
This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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